Punching device

Abstract

A punching device comprised of a first component device and a second component device that closely simulates actual boxing by challenging a user with the combined tasks of striking at least one pad device while avoiding or preventing being struck by a rotating striking device. The first component device has an upstanding support that is mountable on a floor or to a wall with at least one pad device attached to the upstanding support. There may be six pad devices with three pad devices attached to the upstanding support in a generally horizontal row to form a top group and three pad devices attached in a generally horizontal row at a distance below the top group to form a bottom group. Each pad device has a spring extending from a back of a pad portion to the upstanding support. When struck by a punch, the pad devices compress and then spring back. The second component device is comprised of a motorized arm with a striking device such as a boxing glove attached to an end of the motorized arm. The motorized arm is attached to a motor pipe device that rotates the motorized arm at any desired speed of rotation including a random setting. The arm is capable of swinging 360 degrees into and out of proximity with the top and bottom groups of pads of the first component device. Ideally, a user of the punching device will seek to avoid being struck by the striking device as it rotates while the user is punching the at least one pad device.

I claim: 
     
       1. A punching device assembly for punching practice to sharpen skills of a user in punching while avoiding a component of the punching device, the punching device assembly, in combination comprising comprising: a first component device positioned generally vertically;   at least one pad device attached to the first component device to be punched by a user;   a second component device with a rotatable motorized arm; and   a striking device attached at an outer end of the rotatable motorized arm whereby the striking device rotates into and out of proximity with the at least one pad device and a user is challenged with the combined tasks of striking the at least one pad device assembly while avoiding or preventing being struck by the rotating striking device.   
     
     
       2. The punching device of claim 1 wherein there is a multiplicity of pad devices, wherein at least one pad device is attached to the first component device to form a top group of pad devices, and wherein at least one pad device is attached to the first component device at a distance below the top group of pad devices to form a bottom group of pad devices. 
     
     
       3. The punching device of claim 2 wherein there are six pad devices, wherein the top group of pad devices is comprised of three pad devices that are attached to the first component device in a generally horizontal row and wherein the bottom group of pad devices is comprised of three pad devices that are attached to the first component device in a generally horizontal row; and wherein the first component device comprises a flat board.   
     
     
       4. The punching device of claim 3 wherein each pad de, vice comprises a pad portion attached to an inner cover device that is attached within an outer cover device that is attached to the flat board, wherein the inner cover device of a center pad device of each of the top group of pad devices and the bottom group of pad devices is substantially perpendicular to the flat board, and wherein the inner cover device of each side pad device of each of the top group of pad devices and the bottom group of pad devices is arranged at an angle to the flat board and is of a predetermined length such that the inner cover device of each side pad device extends from one side to the other side of the center pad device of the group of which the side pad device is a member. 
     
     
       5. The punching device of claim 4 wherein the pad portion of the side pad devices of each grouping each are attached to a longer inner cover device wherein the longer inner cover device of one side pad device extends right above the inner cover device of the center pad device and wherein the longer inner cover device of an opposing side pad device extends left below the inner cover device of the center pad device. 
     
     
       6. The punching device of claim 1 wherein the second component device further comprises a means for alternately rotating the striking device in a first direction followed by a second, opposite direction. 
     
     
       7. The punching device of claim 1 wherein the second component device further includes a means for controlling a speed of rotation of the motorized arm. 
     
     
       8. A punching device assembly for punching practice to sharpen skills of a user in punching while avoiding a component of the punching device, the punching device assembly, in combination comprising: a first component device with an upstanding support and at least one pad device attached to a front portion of the upstanding support to be punched by a user wherein the at least one pad device is comprised of a resiliently-compressible pad portion whereby the at least one pad device resiliently compresses when punched by a user;   a second component device with a rotatable motorized arm, the second component device positioned near the first component device; and   a striking device attached to an outer end of the rotatable motorized arm whereby the striking device is rotatable into and out of proximity with the at least one pad device and a user is challenged with the combined tasks of striking the at least one pad device while avoiding or preventing being struck by the rotating striking device.   
     
     
       9. The punching device of claim 8 wherein there is a multiplicity of pad devices, wherein at least one of the multiplicity of pad devices is attached to the upstanding support to form a top group of pad devices, and wherein at least one of the multiplicity of pad devices is attached to the upstanding support at a distance below the top group of pad devices to form a bottom group of pad devices. 
     
     
       10. The punching device of claim 9 wherein there are six pad devices and the upstanding support is comprised of a generally flat board, wherein the top group of pad devices is comprised of three pad devices that are attached to the flat board in a generally horizontal row, and wherein the bottom group of pad devices is comprised of three pad devices that are attached to the flat board in a generally horizontal row. 
     
     
       11. The punching device of claim 10 wherein each pad device is further comprised of an inner cover device and an outer cover device; wherein, in each pad device, the pad portion is attached to the inner cover device, the inner cover device is attached within the outer cover device, and the outer cover device is attached to the flat board; wherein the inner cover device of a center pad device of each of the top group of pad devices and the bottom group of pad devices is attached substantially perpendicular to the flat board; and wherein the inner cover device of each side pad device of each of the top group of pad devices and the bottom group of pad devices is arranged at an angle to the flat board and is of a predetermined length such that the inner cover device of each side pad device extends from one side to the other side of the center pad device of the group of pad devices of which the side pad device is a member. 
     
     
       12. The punching device of claim 11 wherein the pad portion of the side pad devices of each group of pad devices each are attached to a longer inner cover device, wherein the longer inner cover device of one side pad device extends right above the inner cover device of the center pad device, and wherein the longer inner cover device of an opposing side pad device extends left below the inner cover device of the center pad device. 
     
     
       13. The punching device of claim 8 wherein the second component device further comprises a means for alternately rotating the striking device in a first direction followed by a second, opposite direction. 
     
     
       14. The punching device of claim 8 wherein the second component device further includes a means for controlling a speed of rotation of the motorized arm.